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Fungi comprise a group of microorganisms that in the past 20 years has become increasingly important as a cause of human disease. Few fungi are professional but instead opportunistic pathogens, and some fungi can even act as allergens. Dendritic antigen-presenting cells function as a link between innate and adaptive immunity and are therefore important in recognition of pathogens. Effective defense requires the host to discriminate between different pathogens to induce an appropriate response. Signaling from different groups of microbes can be mediated via the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), leading to activation of conserved host defense signaling pathways that control the expression of a variety of immune response genes. Different dendritic cells (DCs) express different patterns of recognition molecules, which indicate that they are more or less efficient when responding to certain pathogens. DCs have an important role in the induction of cell-mediated immune responses to fungi, and the studies reviewed here show that fungi, or possibly fungi-derived factors, provide a powerful activation stimulus to DCs, resulting in DC maturation with upregulation of co-stimulatory molecules and production of cytokine patterns leading to different T cell responses. The possibility of using ex vivo-generated DCs as therapeutic tools for restoring anti-fungal immunity is a challenge for the future.
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- Eva Buentke
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Suciu-Foca N, Manavalan JS, Cortesini R. Generation and function of antigen-specific suppressor and regulatory T cells. Transpl Immunol 2003; 11:235-44. [PMID: 12967777 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-3274(03)00052-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The identification and characterization of regulatory and suppressor T cells that control immune responsiveness to self and non-self antigens has become the focus of innumerable studies. There are two broad categories of naturally occurring and induced CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells. Naturally occurring T(R) are antigen non-specific and interact directly with other T cells inhibiting their activation. Induced T(R) are either CD4(+)CD25(+) or CD8(+), produce immunosuppressive cytokines such as IL-10, act directly on other T cells or APC and are antigen specific in some but not in all systems. Finally, a distinct subset of T suppressor cells, characterized by their CD8(+)CD28(-) phenotype have been shown to be antigen-specific, recognizing HLA class I/peptide complexes. T(S) act directly on APC inducing the up-regulation of inhibitory receptors ILT3 and ILT4, which render the APC tolerogenic. Tolerized APC, which expresses high ILT3 and ILT4, trigger the generation of antigen-specific CD4(+) T(R) propagating antigen-specific suppression. Up-regulation of ILT3 and ILT4 appears to be a general characteristic of tolerogenic DC since it is also induced by use of vit D3, IL-10 and/or IFN-alpha. The clinical relevance of these inhibitory receptors is in the maintenance of transplantation tolerance as well as in progression of AIDS has been demonstrated.
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- Nicole Suciu-Foca
- Columbia University, Department of Pathology, 630 West 168 Street--P&S 14-401, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Curtsinger JM, Lins DC, Mescher MF. Signal 3 determines tolerance versus full activation of naive CD8 T cells: dissociating proliferation and development of effector function. J Exp Med 2003; 197:1141-51. [PMID: 12732656 PMCID: PMC2193970 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Activation of naive CD8 T cells to undergo clonal expansion and develop effector function requires three signals: (a) Ag, (b) costimulation, and (c) IL-12 or adjuvant. The requirement for the third signal to stimulate Ag-dependent proliferation is variable, making the greatest contribution when Ag levels are low. At high Ag levels, extensive proliferation can occur in vitro or in vivo in the absence of a third signal. However, despite having undergone the same number of divisions, cells that expand in the absence of a third signal fail to develop cytolytic effector function. Thus, proliferation and development of cytolytic function can be fully uncoupled. Furthermore, these cells are rendered functionally tolerant in vivo, in that subsequent restimulation with a potent stimulus results in limited clonal expansion, impaired IFN-gamma production, and no cytolytic function. Thus, the presence or absence of the third signal appears to be a critical variable in determining whether stimulation by Ag results in tolerance versus development of effector function and establishment of a responsive memory population.
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- Julie M Curtsinger
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
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Wodarz D, Jansen VAA. A dynamical perspective of CTL cross-priming and regulation: implications for cancer immunology. Immunol Lett 2003; 86:213-27. [PMID: 12706524 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(03)00023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) responses are required to fight many diseases such as viral infections and tumors. At the same time, they can cause disease when induced inappropriately. Which factors regulate CTL and decide whether they should remain silent or react is open to debate. The phenomenon called cross-priming has received attention in this respect. That is, CTL expansion occurs if antigen is recognized on the surface of professional antigen presenting cells (APCs). This is in contrast to direct presentation where antigen is seen on the surface of the target cells (e.g. infected cells or tumor cells). Here we introduce a mathematical model, which takes the phenomenon of cross-priming into account. We propose a new mechanism of regulation which is implicit in the dynamics of the CTL: According to the model, the ability of a CTL response to become established depends on the ratio of cross-presentation to direct presentation of the antigen. If this ratio is relatively high, CTL responses are likely to become established. If this ratio is relatively low, tolerance is the likely outcome. The behavior of the model includes a parameter region where the outcome depends on the initial conditions. We discuss our results with respect to the idea of self/non-self discrimination and the danger signal hypothesis. We apply the model to study the role of CTL in cancer initiation, cancer evolution/progression, and therapeutic vaccination against cancers.
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- Dominik Wodarz
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, MP-665 Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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Purcell AW, Todd A, Kinoshita G, Lynch TA, Keech CL, Gething MJ, Gordon TP. Association of stress proteins with autoantigens: a possible mechanism for triggering autoimmunity? Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 132:193-200. [PMID: 12699405 PMCID: PMC1808692 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Patterns of autoantibody production are diagnostic of many autoimmune disorders; the recent observation of additional autospecificities towards stress-induced proteins may also provide insight into the mechanisms by which such responses arise. Grp78 (also known as BiP) is a target of autoaggressive B and T cell responses in our murine model of anti-Ro (SS-A) autoimmunity and also in rheumatoid arthritis. In this report we demonstrate reciprocal intermolecular spreading occurs between Ro52 and Grp78 in immunized mice, reflecting physiological association of these molecules in vivo. Moreover, we provide direct biochemical evidence that Grp78 associates with the clinically relevant autoantigen, Ro52 (SS-A). Due to the discrete compartmentalization of Ro52 (nucleocytoplasmic) and Grp78 (endoplasmic reticulum; ER) we propose that association of these molecules occurs either in apoptotic cells, where they have been demonstrated indirectly to co-localize in discrete apoptotic bodies, or in B cells themselves where both Ro52 and Grp78 are known to bind to immunoglobulin heavy chains. Tagging of molecules by association with Grp78 may facilitate receptor mediated phagocytotsis of the complex; we show evidence that exogenous Grp78 can associate with cell surface receptors on a subpopulation of murine splenocytes. Given the likelihood that Grp78 will associate with viral glycoproteins in the ER it is possible that it may become a bystander target of the spreading antiviral immune response. Thus, we propose a model whereby immunity elicited towards Grp78 leads to the selection of responses towards the Ro polypeptides and the subsequent cascade of responses observed in human disease.
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- A W Purcell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Guillot C, Ménoret S, Guillonneau C, Braudeau C, Castro MG, Lowenstein P, Anegon I. Active suppression of allogeneic proliferative responses by dendritic cells after induction of long-term allograft survival by CTLA4Ig. Blood 2003; 101:3325-33. [PMID: 12515725 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-07-2076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Costimulatory blockade using cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 immunoglobulin (CTLA4Ig) efficiently down-regulates immune responses in animal models and is currently used in autoimmune and transplantation clinical trials, but the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms involved remain unclear. Rats that received allogeneic heart transplants and were treated with adenoviruses coding for CTLA4Ig show long-term allograft survival. The immune mechanisms regulating induction of long-term allograft acceptance were analyzed in splenocytes using mixed leukocyte reactions (MLRs). MLRs of splenocytes but not purified T cells from CTLA4Ig-treated rats showed higher than 75% inhibition compared with controls. Splenocytes from CTLA4Ig-treated rats inhibited proliferation of naive and allogeneically primed splenocytes or T cells. MLR suppression was dependent on soluble secreted product(s). Production of soluble inhibitory product(s) was triggered by a donor antigen-specific stimulation and inhibited proliferation in an antigen-nonspecific manner. CTLA4Ig levels in the culture supernatant were undetectable and neither interleukin-10 (IL-10), transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1), IL-4, nor IL-13 were responsible for suppression of MLRs. Inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production or addition of IL-2 could not restore proliferation independently, but the combined treatment synergistically induced proliferation comparable with controls. Stimulation of APCs using tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE) or CD40L and addition of IL-2 normalized MLRs of CTLA4Ig-treated splenocytes. Finally, dendritic cells (DCs), but not T cells, from CTLA4Ig-treated rats inhibited naive MLRs. Altogether, these results provide evidence that after in vivo CTLA4Ig treatment, splenocytes, and in particular DCs, can inhibit alloantigen-induced proliferative responses through secretion of inhibitory products, thus promoting alloantigen-specific tolerance in vivo.
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- Cecile Guillot
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale U 437, Nantes, France
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Datta SK, Redecke V, Prilliman KR, Takabayashi K, Corr M, Tallant T, DiDonato J, Dziarski R, Akira S, Schoenberger SP, Raz E. A subset of Toll-like receptor ligands induces cross-presentation by bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:4102-10. [PMID: 12682240 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are capable of cross-presenting exogenous Ag to CD8(+) CTLs. Detection of microbial products by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) leads to activation of DCs and subsequent orchestration of an adaptive immune response. We hypothesized that microbial TLR ligands could activate DCs to cross-present Ag to CTLs. Using DCs and CTLs in an in vitro cross-presentation system, we show that a subset of microbial TLR ligands, namely ligands of TLR3 (poly(inosinic-cytidylic) acid) and TLR9 (immunostimulatory CpG DNA), induces cross-presentation. In contrast to presentation of Ag to CD4(+) T cells by immature DCs, TLR-induced cross-presentation is mediated by mature DCs, is independent of endosomal acidification, and relies on cytosolic Ag processing machinery.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/physiology
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- CpG Islands/immunology
- Cytosol/immunology
- Cytosol/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/cytology
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Flagellin/immunology
- Flagellin/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Intracellular Fluid/metabolism
- Ligands
- Lipopolysaccharides/immunology
- Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
- Peptidoglycan/immunology
- Peptidoglycan/metabolism
- Poly I-C/immunology
- Poly I-C/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Toll-Like Receptor 3
- Toll-Like Receptors
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- Sandip K Datta
- Department of Medicine and The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Accapezzato D, Francavilla V, Propato A, Paroli M, Barnaba V. Mechanisms inducing or controlling CD8+ T cell responses against self- or non-self-antigens. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2003; 987:99-106. [PMID: 12727628 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb06037.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) generally recognize antigens endogenously synthesized within the cells and presented in the form of peptides on class I molecules. However, a large body of evidence suggests that dendritic cells (DCs) have the capacity to capture and deliver exogenous antigens into the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I processing pathway. In this paper, we discuss this function, defined as cross-presentation, and how it is directed, particularly in inducing T cell tolerance, and how it requires special activating signals (such as CD40 ligand) to transform into a mechanism that provides either protective immunity or autoimmunity.
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- Daniele Accapezzato
- Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, and Istituto Pasteur-Cenci Bolognetti, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Wiethe C, Dittmar K, Doan T, Lindenmaier W, Tindle R. Provision of 4-1BB ligand enhances effector and memory CTL responses generated by immunization with dendritic cells expressing a human tumor-associated antigen. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:2912-22. [PMID: 12626542 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.6.2912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Up-regulation of receptor-ligand pairs during interaction of an MHC-presented epitope on dendritic cells (DCs) with cognate TCR may amplify, sustain, and drive diversity in the ensuing T cell immune response. Members of the TNF ligand superfamily and the TNFR superfamily contribute to this costimulatory molecule signaling. In this study, we used replication deficient adenoviruses to introduce a model tumor-associated Ag (the E7 oncoprotein of human papillomavirus 16) and the T cell costimulatory molecule 4-1BBL into murine DCs, and monitored the ability of these recombinant DCs to elicit E7-directed T cell responses following immunization. Splenocytes from mice immunized with DCs expressing E7 alone elicited E7-directed effector and memory CTL responses. Coexpression of 4-1BBL in these E7-expressing DCs increased effector and memory CTL responses when they were used for immunization. 4-1BBL expression up-regulated CD80 and CD86 second signaling molecules in DCs. We also report an additive effect of 4-1BBL and receptor activator of NF-kappa B/receptor activator of NF-kappa B ligand coexpression in E7-transduced DC immunogens on E7-directed effector and memory CTL responses and on MHC class II and CD80/86 expression in DCs. Additionally, expression of 4-1BBL in E7-transduced DCs reduced nonspecific T cell activation characteristic of adenovirus vector-associated immunization. The results have generic implications for improved or tumor Ag-expressing DC vaccines by incorporation of exogenous 4-1BBL. There are also specific implications for an improved DC-based vaccine for human papillomavirus 16-associated cervical carcinoma.
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MESH Headings
- 4-1BB Ligand
- Adenovirus E1A Proteins/biosynthesis
- Adenovirus E1A Proteins/genetics
- Adenovirus E1A Proteins/physiology
- Adenoviruses, Human/genetics
- Adenoviruses, Human/immunology
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/genetics
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/physiology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- B7-1 Antigen/biosynthesis
- B7-2 Antigen
- Cancer Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Cancer Vaccines/immunology
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Cell Count
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Dendritic Cells/metabolism
- Dendritic Cells/transplantation
- Dendritic Cells/virology
- Genetic Vectors
- Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Glycoproteins/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory/genetics
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Osteoprotegerin
- RANK Ligand
- Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
- Recombination, Genetic
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/virology
- Transduction, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- Carsten Wiethe
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung, Braunschweig, Germany
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Alloreactive memory T cells in transplantation tolerance. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00075200-200303000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nauta AJ, Daha MR, van Kooten C, Roos A. Recognition and clearance of apoptotic cells: a role for complement and pentraxins. Trends Immunol 2003; 24:148-54. [PMID: 12615211 DOI: 10.1016/s1471-4906(03)00030-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Alma J Nauta
- Dept of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Postbox 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Maeda Y, Gidoh M, Ishii N, Mukai C, Makino M. Assessment of cell mediated immunogenicity of Mycobacterium leprae-derived antigens. Cell Immunol 2003; 222:69-77. [PMID: 12798309 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(03)00078-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The antigenicity of Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae)-derived cell membrane fraction was examined using human dendritic cells (DCs). Immature DCs internalized and processed the cell membrane components, and expressed M. leprae-derived antigens (Ags) on their surface. The expression of MHC class II, CD86, and CD83 Ags on DCs and CD40 ligand (L)-associated IL-12 p70 production from DCs were up-regulated by the membrane Ags. Moreover these stimulated DCs induced significantly higher level of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production by autologous CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells than those pulsed with equivalent doses of live M. leprae or its cytosol fraction. Both subsets of T cells from tuberculoid leprosy patients also produced several fold more IFN-gamma than those from normal individuals. Furthermore, the intracellular perforin production in CD8(+) T cells was up-regulated in an Ag-dose dependent manner. These results suggest that M. leprae membrane Ags might be useful as the vaccinating agents against leprosy.
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- Yumi Maeda
- Department of Microbiology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-2-1 Aoba-cho, Higashimurayama, 189-0002, Tokyo, Japan
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Wilson SB, Delovitch TL. Janus-like role of regulatory iNKT cells in autoimmune disease and tumour immunity. Nat Rev Immunol 2003; 3:211-22. [PMID: 12658269 DOI: 10.1038/nri1028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Invariant CD1D-restricted natural killer T (iNKT) cells function during innate and adaptive immunity and regulate numerous immune responses, such as autoimmune disease, tumour surveillance, infectious disease and abortions. However, the molecular basis of their functions and the nature of disease-associated defects of iNKT cells are unclear and have been the subject of recent controversy. Here, we review recent findings that underscore the potential importance of interactions between iNKT cells and dendritic cells (DCs) that indicate that iNKT cells regulate DC activity to shape both pro-inflammatory and tolerogenic immune responses. The ability to modulate iNKT-cell activity in vivo using the ligand alpha-galactosylceramide and to treat patients with autoimmune disease or cancer is evaluated also.
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- S Brian Wilson
- Diabetes Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, 65 Landsdowne Street, Room 525, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Wang QC, Feng ZH, Zhou YX, Nie QH, Hao CQ, Wang JP. Comparative research of dendritic cells cultured from mice bone marrow with different ways. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2003; 11:219-223. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v11.i2.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To compare the biological characteristics of cultured mice bone marrow dendritic cell (BM-DC) in cultural media with peritoneum or with growth stimulating factor.
METHODS: DC progenitors of were isolated from bone marrow of Balb/C mice, and transformed into DC cell by culturing with secretary fluid of peritoneum, mGM-CSF, and mIL-4, respectively. The biological features and immunity of the DC cells were studied with mixed lymphocyte reaction, immunohistochemistry staining, light microscope and scanning electronic microscope.
RESULTS: After culturing for 6-8 days, the number of BM-DC (6x106) released from proliferating colony in media containing mGM-CSF and mIL-4 was higher than that in media containing peritoneum without significant difference. High level of expressed CD86 on BM-DC was demonstrated on day 7 in culture, MLR results indicated that the stimulating ability for proliferation of T cell was higher in media with mGM-CSF, mIL-4 than that with peritoneum, while the control media without stimulating factors showed no ability to stimulate the growth of T cells
CONCLUSION: These observations demonstrated that auto-peritoneum can substitute for cytokines in media and stimulate the growth of bone marrow-derived DCs, which possess the corresponding cellular biological features and cellular immunity.
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Legge KL, Braciale TJ. Accelerated migration of respiratory dendritic cells to the regional lymph nodes is limited to the early phase of pulmonary infection. Immunity 2003; 18:265-77. [PMID: 12594953 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Respiratory dendritic cells (RDC) are believed to play a central role in the induction of adaptive immune responses to pulmonary infection. Herein we examine the basal migration of RDC from the lungs to secondary lymphoid tissues and their enhanced maturation/migration after pulmonary infection/inflammation. We demonstrate that the accelerated migration of RDC to the draining peribronchial lymph nodes occurs only during the first 24 hr after pulmonary virus infection. RDC are refractory to further migration thereafter in spite of ongoing virus replication and pulmonary inflammation. We further demonstrate that induction of this RDC refractory state suppresses additional RDC mobilization to subsequent pulmonary virus infection and results in concomitant suppression of an antiviral pulmonary CD8(+) T cell response.
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- Kevin L Legge
- Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Berrebi D, Bruscoli S, Cohen N, Foussat A, Migliorati G, Bouchet-Delbos L, Maillot MC, Portier A, Couderc J, Galanaud P, Peuchmaur M, Riccardi C, Emilie D. Synthesis of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) by macrophages: an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive mechanism shared by glucocorticoids and IL-10. Blood 2003; 101:729-38. [PMID: 12393603 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-02-0538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids and interleukin 10 (IL-10) prevent macrophage activation. In murine lymphocytes, glucocorticoids induce expression of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ), which prevents the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB)-mediated activation of transcription. We investigated whether GILZ could account for the deactivation of macrophages by glucocorticoids and IL-10. We found that GILZ was constitutively produced by macrophages in nonlymphoid tissues of humans and mice. Glucocorticoids and IL-10 stimulated the production of GILZ by macrophages both in vitro and in vivo. Transfection of the macrophagelike cell line THP-1 with the GILZ gene inhibited the expression of CD80 and CD86 and the production of the proinflammatory chemokines regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (CCL5) and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha (CCL3). It also prevented toll-like receptor 2 production induced by lipopolysaccharide, interferongamma, or an anti-CD40 mAb, as well as NF-kappaB function. In THP-1 cells treated with glucocorticoids or IL-10, GILZ was associated with the p65 subunit of NF-kappaB. Activated macrophages in the granulomas of patients with Crohn disease or tuberculosis do not produce GILZ. In contrast, GILZ production persists in tumor-infiltrating macrophages in Burkitt lymphomas. Therefore, GILZ appears to play a key role in the anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids and IL-10. Glucocorticoid treatment stimulates GILZ production, reproducing an effect of IL-10, a natural anti-inflammatory agent. The development of delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions is associated with the down-regulation of GILZ gene expression within lesions. In contrast, the persistence of GILZ gene expression in macrophages infiltrating Burkitt lymphomas may contribute to the failure of the immune system to reject the tumor.
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- Dominique Berrebi
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U131, Institut Paris-Sud sur les Cytokines, Clamart, France
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Dendritic cells are considered the most influential antigen presenting cells in the body because of their unique role in initiating immunity against threatening antigens. Recent studies addressing the consequences of self-antigen presentation by dendritic cells revealed the unexpected ability of these antigen presenting cells to inhibit T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases. The specific mechanisms by which dendritic cells suppress immune responses have been explored during the past year. These efforts indicate that extrathymic dendritic cells control autoimmunity by inducing peripheral T cell tolerance, a function intimately linked to their state of maturation.
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- Shannon J Turley
- Department of Immunology and Immunogenetics, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Thompson AG, Thomas R. Induction of immune tolerance by dendritic cells: implications for preventative and therapeutic immunotherapy of autoimmune disease. Immunol Cell Biol 2002; 80:509-19. [PMID: 12406384 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2002.01114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dendritic cells (DC) have a key role in controlling the immune response, by determining the outcome of antigen presentation to T cells. Through costimulatory molecules and other factors, DC are involved in the maintenance of peripheral tolerance through modulation of the immune response. This modulation occurs both constitutively, and in inflammation, in order to prevent autoimmunity and to control established immune responses. Dendritic cell control of immune responses may be mediated through cytokine or cell-contact dependent mechanisms. The molecular and cellular basis of these controls is being understood at an increasingly more complex level. This understanding is reaching a level at which DC-based therapies for the induction of immune regulation in autoimmunity can be tested in vivo. This review outlines the current state of knowledge of DC in immune tolerance, and proposes how DC might control both T cell responses, and themselves, to prevent autoimmunity and maintain peripheral tolerance.
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- Angus G Thompson
- Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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The lymphocyte's decision between tolerance and immunity/autoimmunity is regulated at many levels. Two important parameters in this decision are the maturation state of the antigen presenting cells (APCs) and the amount of self antigen that is detected by the immune system. Maturation of APCs occurs as a consequence of signals received by the innate immune system and may lead to the breakdown of tolerance. Particularly relevant to this process are the Toll-like receptors and mechanisms of cross presentation of self antigens. In addition, genetic alterations in a variety of cell surface receptors, signalling components and regulators of apoptosis/survival can break tolerance and lead to autoimmunity in vivo.
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- Pamela S Ohashi
- University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada.
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Arina A, Tirapu I, Alfaro C, Rodríguez-Calvillo M, Mazzolini G, Inogés S, López A, Feijoo E, Bendandi M, Melero I. Clinical implications of antigen transfer mechanisms from malignant to dendritic cells. exploiting cross-priming. Exp Hematol 2002; 30:1355-64. [PMID: 12482496 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(02)00956-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Expansion and activation of cytolytic T lymphocytes bearing high-affinity T-cell receptors specific for tumor antigens is a major goal of active cancer immunotherapy. Physiologically, T cells receive promitotic and activating signals from endogenous professional antigen-presenting cells (APC) rather than directly from malignant cells. This phenomenon fits with the broader concept of cross-presentation that earlier was demonstrated for minor histocompatibility and viral antigens. Many mechanisms have been found to be capable of transferring antigenic material from malignant cells to APC so that it can be processed and subsequently presented by MHC class I molecules expressed on APC. Dendritic cells (DC) are believed to be the most relevant APC mediating cross-presentation because they can take up antigens from apoptotic, necrotic, and even intact tumor cells. There exist specific molecular mechanisms that ensure this transfer of antigenic material: 1) opsonization of apoptotic bodies; 2) receptors for released heat shock proteins carrying peptides processed intracellularly; 3) Fc receptors that uptake immunocomplexes and immunoglobulins; and 4) pinocytosis. DC have the peculiar capability of reentering the exogenously captured material into the MHC class I pathway. Exploitation of these pieces of knowledge is achieved by providing DC with complex mixtures of tumor antigens ex vivo and by agents and procedures that promote infiltration of malignant tissue by DC. The final outcome of DC cross-presentation could be T-cell activation (cross-priming) but also, and importantly, T-cell tolerance contingent upon the activation/maturation status of DC. Artificial enhancement of tumor antigen cross-presentation and control of the immune-promoting status of the antigen-presenting DC will have important therapeutic implications in the near future.
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- Ainhoa Arina
- Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), School of Medicine and Cell Therapy Area (Clínica Universitaria), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Kuwana M. Induction of anergic and regulatory T cells by plasmacytoid dendritic cells and other dendritic cell subsets. Hum Immunol 2002; 63:1156-63. [PMID: 12480259 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(02)00754-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The induction of antigen-specific tolerance is critical for maintaining immune homeostasis and preventing autoimmunity. Because the central tolerance that eliminates potentially harmful autoreactive T cells is incomplete, peripheral mechanisms for suppressing self-reactive T cells play an important role. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells, which have an extraordinary capacity to stimulate naïve T cells and initiate primary immune responses. Recent accumulating evidence indicates that several subsets of human DCs also play a critical role in the induction of peripheral tolerance by anergizing effector CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells or by inducing the differentiation of naïve T cells into T-regulatory cells, which produce interleukin (IL)-10. Human DC subsets with the property of suppressing an antigen-specific T-cell response include plasmacytoid DCs, which are either in an immature state or in a mature state induced by CD40 ligand stimulation, and monocyte-derived DCs, which are either in an immature state or have had their state modulated by treatment with IL-10 or CD8(+)CD28(-) T cells. These "tolerogenic" DCs may be relevant to therapeutic applications for autoimmune and allergic diseases as well as organ transplant rejection.
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- Masataka Kuwana
- Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Savill J, Dransfield I, Gregory C, Haslett C. A blast from the past: clearance of apoptotic cells regulates immune responses. Nat Rev Immunol 2002; 2:965-75. [PMID: 12461569 DOI: 10.1038/nri957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1204] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Apoptosis, which is a programmed and physiological form of cell death, is known to shape the immune system by regulating populations of effector lymphocytes. However, the binding and ingestion of dying cells by monocytes/macrophages and dendritic cells can also influence immune responses markedly by enhancing or suppressing inflammation. Therefore, dead cells, which are a reflection of an organism's immediate past, can control its immunological future.
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- John Savill
- MRC/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Department of Clinical & Surgical Sciences (Internal Medicine), Royal Infirmary, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK.
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Krupa WM, Dewan M, Jeon MS, Kurtin PJ, Younge BR, Goronzy JJ, Weyand CM. Trapping of misdirected dendritic cells in the granulomatous lesions of giant cell arteritis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2002; 161:1815-23. [PMID: 12414528 PMCID: PMC1850804 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64458-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Immature dendritic cells (DCs) are scattered throughout peripheral tissues and act as sentinels that sample the antigenic environment. After activation, they modify their chemokine receptor profile and migrate toward lymphoid tissues. On arrival, they have matured into chemokine-producing DCs that express co-stimulatory molecules and can prime naive T cells. Normal temporal arteries contain immature DCs that are located at the media-adventitia border. In temporal arteries affected by giant cell arteritis, DCs are highly enriched and activated and have matured into fully differentiated cells producing the chemokines, CCL18, CCL19, and CCL21. In keeping with their advanced maturation, DCs in the granulomatous lesions possess the chemokine receptor, CCR7. CCR7 binds CCL19 and CCL21, causing the highly activated DCs to be trapped in the peripheral tissue site. The co-stimulatory molecule, CD86, which is critical for DC/T-cell interaction, is expressed by a subset of DCs captured in the arterial wall. DC/T-cell interaction does not involve interleukin-12; transcripts for interleukin-12 p40 are absent in the vasculitic infiltrates. We propose that differentiation of DCs and the autocrine and paracrine actions of chemokines in granulomatous lesions misdirect DCs away from their usual journey to lymphoid organs and are critical in maintaining T-cell activation and granuloma formation in giant cell arteritis.
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- Wei Ma Krupa
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Kornbluth RS. An expanding role for CD40L and other tumor necrosis factor superfamily ligands in HIV infection. JOURNAL OF HEMATOTHERAPY & STEM CELL RESEARCH 2002; 11:787-801. [PMID: 12427285 DOI: 10.1089/152581602760404595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Immunostimulatory members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily (TNFSF) of ligands are known to be important regulators of the immune system. These trimeric molecules interact with members of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) to stimulate immune cells. Of the TNFSF molecules, CD40 ligand (CD40L, also called CD154 or TNFSF5) is the most crucial molecule for activating antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and thereby initiating the immune response. Evidence has accrued indicating that HIV infection either selectively depletes those CD4(+) T cells that express CD40L in response to antigen or down-regulates CD40L expression by these cells. Because CD40L expression is necessary for the immune defense against HIV and opportunistic infections, an insufficiency of CD40L could contribute to the progression of AIDS. CD40L contributes to the antiviral mechanisms of the host by inducing anti-HIV beta-chemokines and activating CD8(+) T cells. However, CD40L stimulation can lead to enhanced HIV replication under certain experimental conditions, due to its immune activating properties and the need for cellular activation for high-level HIV production. On balance, it is believed that reversing the relative CD40L deficiency seen in HIV infection will be important for immune restoration in AIDS. In addition, adding CD40L to a therapeutic or preventative vaccine could lead to strengthened antiviral immunity. Because of the complexities in delivering this molecule, a number of forms of CD40L have been developed, and one form of soluble CD40L has been tested in humans. New strategies are being developed to translate the profoundly immunostimulatory effects of CD40L found in animal models to humans with HIV infection.
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- Richard S Kornbluth
- University of California, San Diego, and the San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, La Jolla 92093, USA.
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Belz GT, Heath WR, Carbone FR. The role of dendritic cell subsets in selection between tolerance and immunity. Immunol Cell Biol 2002; 80:463-8. [PMID: 12225382 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2002.01116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC) are considered nature's adjuvants. They are potent stimulators of naive T cells and key inducers of primary immune responses. In recent times it has become clear that they can also play a central role in the development of T cell tolerance. Further complicating our understanding of DC function is the realization that DC can no longer be viewed as a homogeneous cell type. Rather, they exist as a complex mixture of strikingly different cell populations. The mechanisms that drive the conflicting immunological outcomes of tolerance and immunity have been the subject of intense scrutiny in recent years, most recently in terms of how the various DC subsets are involved in these events. Here we review recent experiments that provide insights into how DC subsets control the outcome of T cell activation and in so doing select between immunity and tolerance induction.
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- Gabrielle T Belz
- Immunology Divison, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Asiedu C, Dong SS, Pereboev A, Wang W, Navarro J, Curiel DT, Thomas JM. Rhesus monocyte-derived dendritic cells modified to over-express TGF-beta1 exhibit potent veto activity. Transplantation 2002; 74:629-37. [PMID: 12352878 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200209150-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The tolerogenic activity of allogeneic bone marrow cells (BMCs) associates with functional inactivation of alloreactive T cells and has been attributed to a veto effect. Studies in mice and rhesus monkeys indicated that the CD8alpha molecule expressed on a subpopulation of allogeneic BMCs is necessary to induce signal transduction within the BMCs to increase veto effector molecules such as transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1. In vitro activation of alloreactive cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursor enhances their susceptibility to veto-mediated functional inactivation by specific alloantigen-bearing BMCs. Accordingly, we examined a hypothesis that mature rhesus monkey (Rh) monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs) modified by gene transfer to over-express active TGF-beta1 might mediate veto activity without the need to express CD8alpha. METHODS Rh MDDCs were modified by recombinant adenovirus (Ad) transduction and characterized by phenotype and functional studies. RESULTS Rh MDDC transduction with Ad vectors using conventional methods was remarkably inefficient. However, a single-chain anti-CD40/soluble Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor-fusion protein (G28/sCAR) permitted high-efficiency transduction of Rh MDDCs by retargeting Ad to Rh MDDC CD40. Mature Rh MDDCs that were transduced to overexpress active TGF-beta1 (AdTGF-beta1 Rh MDDC) significantly suppressed alloimmune responses in [ H]thymidine uptake mixed leukocyte reaction assays. We showed by the carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution method that allogeneic mature AdTGF-beta1 Rh MDDCs inhibited proliferation of CD4 and CD8 responder T cells. Notably, AdTGF-beta1 Rh MDDC abrogated alloimmune responses induced by control AdGFP Rh MDDC in an antigen-specific manner. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that nonhuman primate mature MDDCs can be genetically engineered to function as alloantigen-specific cellular immunosuppressants, an approach that has potential to facilitate induction of allograft tolerance in vivo.
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- Clement Asiedu
- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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Ichikawa HT, Williams LP, Segal BM. Activation of APCs through CD40 or Toll-like receptor 9 overcomes tolerance and precipitates autoimmune disease. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:2781-7. [PMID: 12193753 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.5.2781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Some autoreactive T cells normally escape thymic selection and persist in the periphery. This is true of myelin-reactive CD4(+) T cells, the effectors of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in laboratory animals and the presumed mediators of multiple sclerosis in humans. Nonetheless, most individuals do not succumb to autoimmune disease. There is growing evidence that while peripheral APCs stimulate immune responses against foreign Ags in the setting of tissue destruction and "danger," they actually maintain tolerance against self Ags under steady state conditions. We hypothesized that tolerance against candidate autoantigens could be reversed by activation of APCs via CD40 or Toll-like receptor 9 signaling. Adult SJL mice injected i.p. with a peptide fragment of proteolipid protein (a candidate autoantigen in multiple sclerosis) emulsified in IFA fail to mount lymphoproliferative or cytokine responses and are protected from EAE upon subsequent challenge with the Ag combined with adjuvants. Here we report that tolerized proteolipid protein-specific lymph node cells regain the ability to divide, differentiate along a Th1 lineage, and transfer EAE when reactivated in the presence of agonistic Abs against CD40 or CpG oligonucleotides. The effects of both anti-CD40 and CpG oligonucleotides are dependent upon induction of IL-12. Our findings suggest two mechanisms to explain the well-documented association between infectious illnesses and flare-ups of multiple sclerosis. Microbial pathogens could 1) release molecules that bind Toll-like receptors, and/or 2) stimulate microbe-specific T cells to express CD40 ligand, thereby licensing APCs that bear both microbial and autoantigens to break tolerance.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/metabolism
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation/immunology
- CD28 Antigens/immunology
- CD28 Antigens/physiology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD40 Antigens/immunology
- CD40 Antigens/physiology
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- CpG Islands/immunology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Disease Susceptibility/etiology
- Disease Susceptibility/immunology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Drug Combinations
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/etiology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Female
- Freund's Adjuvant/administration & dosage
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunoconjugates
- Immunodominant Epitopes/administration & dosage
- Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Lipids
- Lymph Nodes/immunology
- Lymph Nodes/metabolism
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Myelin Proteolipid Protein/administration & dosage
- Myelin Proteolipid Protein/immunology
- Myelin Proteolipid Protein/metabolism
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/pharmacology
- Peptide Fragments/administration & dosage
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Toll-Like Receptor 9
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- Hiroshi T Ichikawa
- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA
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Nencioni A, Grünebach F, Zobywlaski A, Denzlinger C, Brugger W, Brossart P. Dendritic cell immunogenicity is regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:1228-35. [PMID: 12133943 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.3.1228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DC) are the most potent APCs known that play a key role for the initiation of immune responses. Ag presentation to T lymphocytes is likely a constitutive function of DC that continues during the steady state. This raises the question of which mechanism(s) determines whether the final outcome of Ag presentation will be induction of immunity or of tolerance. In this regard, the mechanisms controlling DC immunogenicity still remain largely uncharacterized. In this paper we report that the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma), which has anti-inflammatory properties, redirects DC toward a less stimulatory mode. We show that activation of PPAR-gamma during DC differentiation profoundly affects the expression of costimulatory molecules and of the DC hallmarker CD1a. PPAR-gamma activation in DC resulted in a reduced capacity to activate lymphocyte proliferation and to prime Ag-specific CTL responses. This effect might depend on the decreased expression of costimulatory molecules and on the impaired cytokine secretion, but not on increased IL-10 production, because this was reduced by PPAR-gamma activators. Moreover, activation of PPAR-gamma in DC inhibited the expression of EBI1 ligand chemokine and CCR7, both playing a pivotal role for DC migration to the lymph nodes. These effects were accompanied by down-regulation of LPS-induced nuclear localized RelB protein, which was shown to be important for DC differentiation and function. Our results suggest a novel regulatory pathway for DC function that could contribute to the regulated balance between immunity induction and self-tolerance maintenance.
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- Alessio Nencioni
- Department of Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Preston E, Kirk AD. Context-based therapy: A conceptual framework for transplantation tolerance. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2002. [DOI: 10.1053/trre.2002.126011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Memory T cells differ from naive T cells in that they respond more rapidly and in greater numbers. In addition, memory T cells are generally believed to be less susceptible to tolerance induction than naive T cells. In this study, we show that this is not the case. Using two different methods of tolerance induction, peptide-induced tolerance and crosstolerance, we present evidence that memory CD8(+) T cells are as susceptible to tolerance as naive cells. These results have a direct impact on manipulating T cell responses to self-antigens in order to improve immunotherapy of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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- Huub T C Kreuwel
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Schmidt CS, Mescher MF. Peptide antigen priming of naive, but not memory, CD8 T cells requires a third signal that can be provided by IL-12. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:5521-9. [PMID: 12023347 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.11.5521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Challenge with peptide Ag in the absence of adjuvant results in tolerance of CD8 T cells specific for the Ag. In contrast, administration of IL-12 along with peptide results in massive clonal expansion, development of effector function, and establishment of a long-lived memory population. Using adoptive transfer of TCR-transgenic CD8 T cells, this effect of IL-12 is shown to be independent of CD4 T cells and to require costimulation provided by CD28 and possibly LFA-1. IL-12 supports responses when IL-12Rbeta1-deficient mice are used as recipients for the adoptively transferred CD8 T cells, demonstrating that the IL-12 is acting directly on the T cells rather than on host APC. These results provide strong support for a three-signal model for in vivo activation of naive CD8 T cells by peptide Ag, in which the presence or absence of the third signal determines whether tolerance or activation occurs. In contrast, memory CD8 T cells are effectively activated by peptide Ag in the absence of IL-12 or adjuvant.
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- Clint S Schmidt
- Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Girardi M, Schechner J, Glusac E, Berger C, Edelson R. Transimmunization and the evolution of extracorporeal photochemotherapy. Transfus Apher Sci 2002; 26:181-90. [PMID: 12126204 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-0502(02)00011-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We are now aware that extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) - in which a patient's leukocytes are isolated, passed through an ultrathin clear plastic plate, and exposed to 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and ultraviolet A light prior to reinfusion - is a simple and efficient dendritic cell (DC) therapy and the first FDA approved selective immunotherapy for cancer. DCs, as the most effective antigen presenting cells (APCs), are central to many ongoing efforts to stimulate immune responses to cancer cells. Moreover, ECP has not only demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of a T cell malignancy--namely cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)--but also in treatment of oligoclonal T-cell-mediated diseases such as graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) and organ transplant rejection. Recent advances in the understanding of DC/T-cell interactions provide insight into how ECP-induced DCs (EI-DCs) can be utilized to stimulate specific T-cell (i.e. anti-tumor) responses, or down-regulate a pre-existing potent T-cell response. The mechanism of this apparent paradox of EI-DC functionality is likely dependent on several fundamental principles: (1) the status of existing in vivo T-cell reactions, (2) the temporal stage of EI-DC differentiation, and (3) the affinity of the available repertoire of T-cell receptors (TCRs) for the antigen(s) in question. Further investigation into DC/T-cell interactions will help to shape the future of ECP and the ability to optimize this therapy for the desired immune effect. To this end, we are developing and testing Transimmunization to replace conventional ECP.
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Landay A, Chougnet C, Frankel SS, Veronese F, Shearer GM. Antigen-presenting cells in HIV pathogenesis and therapy: summary of the October 17-18, 2002, Think Tank meeting. Clin Immunol 2002; 103:243-8. [PMID: 12173298 DOI: 10.1006/clim.2002.5204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Alan Landay
- Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- P Toby H Coates
- Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
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Scheynius A, Johansson C, Buentke E, Zargari A, Linder MT. Atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome and Malassezia. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2002; 127:161-9. [PMID: 11979041 DOI: 10.1159/000053860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Atopic dermatitis is a chronic multifactorial inflammatory skin disease, which has had a marked increase in prevalence during the last decades. Recently, a new nomenclature was recommended where the term 'atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome' (AEDS) should be used to reflect the heterogeneity in this group of patients and where those patients without measurable IgE reactivity should be classified as either 'nonallergic AEDS' or 'non-IgE-associated allergic AEDS'. For nearly 20 years it has been discussed whether the opportunistic yeast Malassezia, previously designated Pityrosporum, is a contributing factor to AEDS. Today there are several reports that demonstrate specific serum IgE or positive skin prick test and/or atopy patch test reactions to Malassezia in patients with AEDS. Several IgE-binding components have been identified in extracts of Malassezia ranging in molecular mass between 10 and 100 kD. The genes for nine Malassezia allergens with molecular weights ranging from 14 to 36 kD have hitherto been identified and cloned. Six of them are now produced by recombinant techniques and used in diagnostic tests. At present the genus Malassezia is subdivided into seven different species, which all have been isolated from human skin. The respective contribution of different Malassezia spp. to AEDS and in what proportion they share allergens remains to be clarified. We summarize here data that Malassezia can play a role in eliciting and maintaining eczema in patients with AEDS.
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- Annika Scheynius
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Clinical Allergy Research, Karolinska Institutet and Hospital, Stockholm Branch, Sweden.
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Dendritic cells (DCs) collect and process antigens for presentation to T cells, but there are many variations on this basic theme. DCs differ in the regulatory signals they transmit, directing T cells to different types of immune response or to tolerance. Although many DC subtypes arise from separate developmental pathways, their development and function are modulated by exogenous factors. Therefore, we must study the dynamics of the DC network in response to microbial invasion. Despite the difficulty of comparing the DC systems of humans and mice, recent work has revealed much common ground.
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- Ken Shortman
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria 3050, Australia.
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Panelli MC, Wang E, Phan G, Puhlmann M, Miller L, Ohnmacht GA, Klein HG, Marincola FM. Gene-expression profiling of the response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and melanoma metastases to systemic IL-2 administration. Genome Biol 2002; 3:RESEARCH0035. [PMID: 12184809 PMCID: PMC126240 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-7-research0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2002] [Revised: 04/09/2002] [Accepted: 04/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Interleukin-2 (IL-2) has direct pluripotent effects on cells with immune and inflammatory function. Which of these effects has a critical role in mediating tumor regression remains enigmatic. In this study, we compared early changes in transcriptional profiles of circulating mononuclear cells with those occurring within the microenvironment of melanoma metastases following systemic IL-2 administration. RESULTS The results suggest that the immediate effects of IL-2 administration on the tumor microenvironment is transcriptional activation of genes predominantly associated with monocyte cell function; minimal effects were noted on migration, activation and proliferation of T cells. However, production of chemokines and markers of adhesion and migration within few hours of IL-2 administration may be responsible for a secondary recruitment of immune cells to the tumor site later. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that IL-2 induces inflammation at tumor sites with three predominant secondary effects: activation of antigen-presenting monocytes; massive production of chemoattractants that may recruit other immune cells to the tumor (including MIG and PARC, which are specific for T cells); and activation of cytolytic mechanisms in monocytes (calgranulin, grancalcin) and NK cells (NKG5, NK4).
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- Monica C Panelli
- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Tumour-associated viruses produce antigens that, on the face of it, are ideal targets for immunotherapy. Unfortunately, these viruses are experts at avoiding or subverting the host immune response. Cervical-cancer-associated human papillomavirus (HPV) has a battery of immune-evasion mechanisms at its disposal that could confound attempts at HPV-directed immunotherapy. Other virally associated human cancers might prove similarly refractive to immuno-intervention unless we learn how to circumvent their strategies for immune evasion.
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- Robert W Tindle
- Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, Australia.
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